RubinBrown recently promoted Brian Amelung, CPA and Ben Barnes, CPA to partner. John Herber, CPA, managing partner, made the announcement.
Amelung serves as a partner in RubinBrown’s Assurance Services Group and specializes in employee benefit plan audits and business performance analysis for clients in a variety of industries. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, and serves on the communications committee of the Employee Benefits Association of St. Louis. Amelung has a bachelor’s in accounting from Fontbonne University.
Barnes also serves as a partner in RubinBrown’s Assurance Services Group and leads the firm’s Private Equity Services Group. He provides audit and transaction due diligence services to clients in a variety of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, professional services, retailand private equity. Prior to joining RubinBrown, Barnes worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in both the audit and transaction services practice in St. Louis and Chicago. He is a member of the AICPA, MSCPA and the Association for Corporate Growth. A graduate of Trinity University, Barnes serves as a board member of the Make- A -Wish Foundation of Missouri - St. Louis Regional Board and RubinBrown’s United Way Committee.
Founded in 1952, RubinBrown is one of the nation’s largest accounting and business consulting firms, with more than 400 team members working from offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver. RubinBrown is an independent member of Baker Tilly International, a network of 150 independent firms in 120 countries. The firm’s team members hold leadership roles in both national and local accounting organizations and have worked to establish best practices in accounting within specific industry segments. For more information, visit www.rubinbrown.com.